title: [Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: short- and long-term results].
abstract: We reviewed the results of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in 200 consecutive patients from January 1988 to January 1989. The mean age was 55.8 years. Twenty-two per cent had unstable angina, 66% had stable angina and the other 12% had atypical chest pain or were asymptomatic after a myocardial infarction. Five percent had left ventricular function less than 45%. The angioplasty procedure was angiographically successful in 184 patients (92%). There was no significant difference in success rate in the different vessels or indications. Coronary bypass surgery was required in 3% of patients as an emergency procedure; myocardial infarction occurred in 2% less than 24 hours after the procedure. There has been no in-hospital death. The recurrence rate of ischemic symptoms was 26.5%. Considering lesions treatment, the procedure was successful in 71% of the 200 patients over a long-term follow-up period.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Erasme, Bruxelles, Belgique.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Richoz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stoupel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Delcour
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grand
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Struyven
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000628:therapy; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000628:therapy; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left
vernacular_title: Angioplastie coronaire transluminale percutanée: résultats à court et à long terme.